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The Denmark side of the 1980s was one of the last truly iconic international football teams. Although they did not win a trophy- they claimed something much more important and enduring: glory- and in industrial quantities. They were a bewitching fusion of futuristic attacking football- effortless Scandinavian cool and laid-back living. They played like angels and lived like you and I- and they were everyones second team in the mid-1980s. The story of Danish Dynamite- as the team became known- is the story of a team of rock stars in a polyester Hummel kit. Heralding from a country with no real football history to speak of and a population of five million- this humble and likeable team was unique. Everymen off the field and superheroes on it- they were totally of their time- and their approach to the game was in complete contrast to the gaudy excess and charmless arrogance of todays football stars. That they ultimately imploded in spectacular style- with a shocking 5-1 defeat to Spain in the 1986 World Cup in a game that almost everyone expected them to win- only adds to their legend. For the first time in English- Danish Dynamite tells the story of perhaps the coolest team in football history- a team that had it all and blew it in spectacular style after a live-fast-die-young World Cup campaign. Featuring interviews with the players themselves- including Michael Laudrup- Preben Elkjaer and Jesper Olsen- as well as with those who played or managed against them- this is a joyous celebration of one of the most life-affirming teams the world has ever seen....